NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
• Men’s Figure Skating - Gold Medal Final: Three-time world champion Patrick Chan of Canada remains the favorite for Olympic gold, but after winning each of his consecutive world titles by smaller and smaller margins, it appears that the rest of the deep men’s field is catching up with the 23-year-old from Toronto. The Olympic champion will be decided with the men’s free skate, where Chan attempts to win Canada’s first gold medal in men’s figure skating.
• Men’s Alpine Skiing - Super Combined Gold Medal Final: Alpine Skiing’s combined event was won by Americans at the past two Games. Ted Ligety won in 2006, when it was the combined (with two slalom runs, instead of just one), and Bode Miller took gold in 2010 under the current super-combined format of one downhill and one slalom. Both return to give the Americans two strong medal threats. Ligety is the reigning world champion, while Miller is rounding back into form after missing last season with a knee injury.
• Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Aerials Gold Medal Final: Vancouver Olympian Ashley Caldwell has been impressive in her return to competition after tearing both of her ACLs,but Caldwell and the rest of the aerialists will likely be chasing reigning world champion Xu Mengtao, who leads a deep Chinese team.
• Women’s Skeleton - Gold Medal Final Runs: It’s been a long and winding road for Noelle Pikus-Pace, a Utah mother of two who finished fourth in Vancouver then retired from the sport. But the 31-year-old made her triumphant return in 2012 and quickly ascended the ranks to become a top contender in Sochi.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
• Women’s Biathlon - 15km Individual Gold Medal Final: Vermont’s Susan Dunklee, whose father is a two-time Olympic cross-country skier, continues the family tradition as she makes her Games debut in Sochi, where her strongest event will be the 15km individual.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
• Men’s Ski Jumping - Individual K-125 Large Hill Competition: Five days after what he hopes is a first gold in the K-95 competition, Austrian star Gregor Schlierenzauer returns to the snow to continue his attempt to win three gold medals in Sochi. Among his challengers could be Swiss rival Simon Ammann, who swept the individual events for a second time in Vancouver.
• Men’s Skeleton - Competition: The U.S. will have two experienced competitors in this event with 2010 Olympian John Daly, the son of a retired FDNY paramedic from Long Island, and Wisconsin native Matt Antoine, who just missed out on the Vancouver Games but is currently having a breakout season with several podium appearances.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men’s Hockey - Sweden vs. Switzerland: The men’s hockey tournament continues with LIVE coverage as Sweden, which has won two of the past five gold medals, takes on Switzerland.
• Men’s Cross-Country - 15km Classical Gold Medal Final (LIVE): Petter Northug, Norway’s most popular athlete, is a medal contender in this event, which he won at the 2013 World Championships. After winning four medals, including two gold, in Vancouver, Northug could be poised for an even bigger haul in Sochi.
• Men’s Curling - USA vs. Germany: Two-time Olympian John Shuster has the Olympic experience required to guide the U.S. team through a deep men’s field that includes favorites Canada, Sweden and Great Britain. The 31-year-old Minnesota native was part of the 2006 Olympic team that collected the first U.S. Olympic curling medal and then led the Americans in Vancouver.
• Men’s Figure Skating - Gold Medal Final: Three-time world champion Patrick Chan of Canada remains the favorite for Olympic gold, but after winning each of his consecutive world titles by smaller and smaller margins, it appears that the rest of the deep men’s field is catching up with the 23-year-old from Toronto. The Olympic champion will be decided LIVE with the men’s free skate, where Chan hopes to win Canada’s first gold medal in men’s figure skating.
• Men’s Ski Jumping - Individual K-125 Large Hill Competition: Five days after what he hopes is a first gold in the K-95 competition, Austrian star Gregor Schlierenzauer returns to the snow to continue his attempt to win three gold medals in Sochi. Among his challengers could be Swiss rival Simon Ammann, who swept the individual events for a second time in Vancouver.

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men’s Curling: Two-time Olympian John Shuster has the Olympic experience required to guide the U.S. team through a deep men’s field that includes favorites Canada, Sweden and Great Britain. The 31-year-old Minnesota native was part of the 2006 Olympic team that collected the first U.S. Olympic curling medal and then led the Americans in Vancouver.

USA HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men’s Hockey - Canada vs. Austria (LIVE): Reigning champion Canada continues its gold medal defense LIVE with a matchup against Austria.
• Women’s Curling - USA vs. Denmark (LIVE): Sixteen years after her Olympic debut in Nagano, Erika Brown returns to the Games as the skip of the U.S. women’s curling team. The U.S. women will be seeking their first Olympic curling medal after finishing fourth at the 2013 World Championships. Sweden, Great Britain and Canada are among the top international teams.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
• Women’s Alpine Skiing - Super-G Gold Medal Final: Julia Mancuso will be looking to add an Olympic medal to the three world championships medals she already has in this event. Slovenian star Tina Maze and Swiss sensation Lara Gut should also be contenders.
• Men’s Short Track - 1000m Gold Medal Final: This is arguably the best event for top American J.R. Celski, who rebounded from suffering a seven-inch gash in his leg at the Vancouver Olympic Trials to win two bronze medals at those Games. Celski will be challenged by Canadian star Charles Hamelin and 28-year-old Viktor Ahn, who skates for Russia eight years after winning three gold medals in Torino for his native South Korea as Ahn Hyun-Soo.
• Men’s Speed Skating - 1500m Gold Medal Final: Two-time 1500m silver medalist Shani Davis will be looking for his first title in his favorite distance, also known as the Race of Kings, three days after he attempts to win a third gold in the 1000m. Watch as the 31-year-old from Chicago goes for the crown.
• Men’s Ski Jumping - Individual K-125 Large Hill Gold Medal Final: Six days after what he hopes is a first gold in the K-95 competition, Austrian star Gregor Schlierenzauer could be looking to complete a sweep of the individual events in Sochi. Swiss rival Simon Ammann, who has twice accomplished that feat, in 2002 and 2010, may be among his challengers. Since Vancouver, Ammann has broadened his aerial skillset by earning his pilot’s license.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
• Women’s Short Track - 1500m Gold Medal Final: In short track, South Korean phenom Shim Suk-Hee, a 17-year-old who has dominated this 1500m event, is the favorite in her Olympic debut.
• Women’s Cross-Country - 4x5km Relay Gold Medal Final: Norway, led by star training mates Marit Bjorgen and Therese Johaug, is the clear favorite. Kikkan Randall and the U.S. team impressed with a fourth-place finish at the 2013 World Championships, but must outpace the likes of Sweden, Finland and Russia to reach the podium in Sochi.
• Men’s Skeleton - Competition: The U.S. will have two experienced competitors in this event with 2010 Olympian John Daly, the son of a retired FDNY paramedic from Long Island, and Wisconsin native Matt Antoine, who just missed out on the Vancouver Games but is currently having a breakout season with several podium appearances.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men’s Hockey - USA vs. Russia: A storied Olympic rivalry is renewed as Team USA skates LIVE against host Russia. The teams’ rivalry dates to the Soviet Union’s first appearance at the Winter Games in 1956, when the Soviets defeated the Americans en route to their first gold. From 1956-92, the Soviet Union and Unified Team won eight of the 10 Olympic hockey tournaments, with U.S. upsets of the Soviets in 1960 and 1980 the lone exceptions. Russia has so far been unable to carry on the legacy, missing out on gold in its five appearances.
• Women’s Cross-Country - 4x5km Relay Gold Medal Final (LIVE): Norway, led by star training mates Marit Bjorgen and Therese Johaug, is the clear favorite. Kikkan Randall and the U.S. team impressed with a fourth-place finish at the 2013 World Championships, but must outpace the likes of Sweden, Finland and Russia to reach the podium in Sochi.
• Men’s Skeleton - Competition: The U.S. will have two experienced competitors LIVE in this event with 2010 Olympian John Daly, the son of a retired FDNY paramedic from Long Island, and Wisconsin native Matt Antoine, who just missed out on a spot at the Vancouver Games but is currently having a breakout season with several podium appearances.

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
• Women’s Curling - USA vs. Sweden: Sixteen years after her Olympic debut in Nagano, Erika Brown returns to the Games as the skip of the U.S. women’s curling team. The U.S. women will be seeking their first Olympic curling medal after finishing fourth at the 2013 World Championships. Sweden, Great Britain and Canada are among the top international teams.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
• Figure Skating - Ice Dancing Short Dance: Michigan’s Meryl Davis and Charlie White, 2010 Olympic silver medalists, face their training mates and chief rivals, reigning Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada. The required dance pattern for the short dance is the Finnstep, a fast, bubbly dance that is often compared to champagne.
• Men’s Alpine Skiing - Super-G Gold Medal Final: In alpine skiing, a pair of decorated Americans, reigning super-G world champion Ted Ligety and 2010 Olympic silver medalist Bode Miller, will look to knock off defending champ Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway in his signature event.
• Women’s Snowboarding - Snowboard Cross Gold Medal Final: After two Olympic disappointments and two recent knee surgeries, top American Lindsey Jacobellis returns for her third Games a strong contender for gold. Jacobellis was leading by a wide margin in Torino but fell while attempting a trick on the second-to-last jump and ended up with silver.
• Women’s Speed Skating - 1500m Gold Medal Final: Brittany Bowe, a former college basketball standout from Florida, recently emerged as a contender in this event, but she’ll have tough competition from dominant Dutch skater Ireen Wuest.
• Two-Man Bobsled - Competition: Reigning four-man Olympic champ Steven Holcomb, who overcame a degenerative eye condition that nearly cost him his sight to win gold in Vancouver, attempts to pilot his way to the first U.S. Olympic title in the two-man since 1936. Driving a new, high-tech sled, the 33-year-old from Park City went on a tear to start this season, winning four consecutive races in this event.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
• Men’s Cross-Country - 4x10km Relay Gold Medal Final: Sweden, the reigning champion, and Norway, the 2010 silver medalist, have an intense rivalry in this event. Norwegian star Petter Northug created a stir at the 2011 World Championships when he showboated down the final stretch of the team relay, crossed the finish line sideways and stopped in front of his rival from Sweden. At 2013 Worlds, Northug overtook Sweden again to win, and shrugged his shoulders mockingly at the finish line.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
• Men’s Biathlon - 15km Mass Start Gold Medal Final: With the first U.S. Olympic biathlon medal on the line, New York’s Tim Burke will look to be at the start of this event, which narrows down the field to 30 of the top biathletes.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men’s Curling - USA vs. Canada: Two-time Olympian John Shuster has the Olympic experience required to guide the U.S. team through a deep men’s field. The 31-year-old Minnesota native was part of the 2006 Olympic team that collected the first U.S. Olympic curling medal and then led the Americans in Vancouver. The Canadians have won the past two Olympic gold medals and recently finished second at the 2013 World Championships.
• Men’s Cross-Country - 4x10km Relay Gold Medal Final (LIVE): Sweden, the reigning champion, and Norway, the 2010 silver medalist, have an intense rivalry in this event. Norwegian star Petter Northug created a stir at the 2011 World Championships when he showboated down the final stretch of the team relay, crossed the finish line sideways and stopped in front of his rival from Sweden. At 2013 Worlds, Northug overtook Sweden again to win, and shrugged his shoulders mockingly at the finish line.
• Men’s Hockey - Slovenia vs. USA: The Americans wrap up group play LIVE against Olympic newcomers Slovenia. Team USA is looking for its first medal at a non-North American Olympics since 1972, when it won silver in Sapporo, Japan.
• Figure Skating - Ice Dancing Short Dance (LIVE): Michigan’s Meryl Davis and Charlie White, 2010 Olympic silver medalists, face their training mates and chief rivals, reigning Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada. The required dance pattern for the short dance is the Finnstep, a fast, bubbly dance that has been compared to champagne.

USA HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men’s Hockey - Finland vs. Canada: Today is the final day of group play in the men’s hockey tournament, with LIVE coverage as Finland duels Canada in a matchup that should determine Group B supremacy and host Russia takes on up-and-comer Slovakia in a game that should have major seeding implications for the United States.

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
• Women’s Curling - USA vs. Canada (LIVE): Sixteen years after her Olympic debut in Nagano, Erika Brown returns to the Games as the skip of the U.S. women’s curling team. The U.S. women will be seeking their first Olympic curling medal after finishing fourth at the 2013 World Championships. Sweden, Great Britain and Canada are among the top international teams.

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men’s Curling - USA vs. Sweden: Two-time Olympian John Shuster has the Olympic experience required to guide the U.S. team through a deep men’s field that includes reigning world champion Sweden. The 31-year-old Minnesota native was part of the 2006 Olympic team that collected the first U.S. Olympic curling medal and then led the Americans in Vancouver.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
• Figure Skating - Ice Dancing Gold Medal Final: Michigan’s Meryl Davis and Charlie White, 2010 Olympic silver medalists, face training mates and rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada, reigning Olympic champions. The two teams train at the same rink under the same coach, and have traded off the world title for the past four years. Davis and White enter Sochi as the reigning world champions.
• Men’s Snowboarding - Snowboard Cross Gold Medal Final: Snowboard cross is typically an unpredictable event, but American Seth Wescott has managed to take the mystery out of the results, winning both gold medals since the sport was added to the Olympic program in 2006. He is returning from an April 2013 ACL reconstruction to lead a deep American team in Sochi.
• Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Aerials Gold Medal Final: Dylan Ferguson has been the top American aerialist, but he and the rest of the field will have a difficult time catching the immensely talented Chinese team.
• Men’s Ski Jumping - Team K-125 Large Hill Gold Medal Final: Ski jumping’s team event should feature a close battle between Austria, Germany and Norway. If the highly talented Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer can win both individual events, this would be his opportunity to match the 1988 performance of Finland’s Matti Nykaenen and become just the second man to win three ski jumping gold medals at a single Games.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
• Two-Man Bobsled - Gold Medal Final Runs: Reigning four-man Olympic champ Steven Holcomb, who overcame a degenerative eye condition that nearly cost him his sight to win gold in Vancouver, attempts to pilot his way to the first U.S. Olympic title in the two-man since 1936. Driving a new, high-tech sled, the 33-year-old from Park City went on a tear to start this season, winning four consecutive races in this event.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
• Women’s Curling - USA vs. South Korea: Sixteen years after her Olympic debut in Nagano, Erika Brown returns to the Games as the skip of the U.S. women’s curling team. The U.S. women will be seeking their first Olympic curling medal after finishing fourth at the 2013 World Championships. Sweden, Great Britain and Canada are among the top international teams.
• Women’s Hockey - Semifinals: In women’s hockey, USA aims to reach the gold medal game with a victory LIVE today. The Americans are looking for their first Olympic gold medal since 1998.
• Figure Skating - Ice Dancing Gold Medal Final (LIVE): Michigan’s Meryl Davis and Charlie White, 2010 Olympic silver medalists, face training mates and rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada, reigning Olympic champions. The two teams train at the same rink under the same coach, and have traded off the world title for the past four years. enter Sochi as the reigning world champions.
• Men’s Ski Jumping - Team K-125 Large Hill Gold Medal Final (LIVE): Ski jumping’s team event should feature a close battle between Austria, Germany and Norway. If the highly talented Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer can win both individual events, this would be his opportunity to match the 1988 performance of Finland’s Matti Nykaenen and become just the second man to win three ski jumping gold medals at a single Games.

USA HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men’s Curling - USA vs. Switzerland (LIVE): Two-time Olympian John Shuster has the Olympic experience required to guide the U.S. team through a deep men’s field that includes reigning European champion Switzerland. The 31-year-old Minnesota native was part of the 2006 Olympic team that collected the first U.S. Olympic curling medal and then led the Americans in Vancouver.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
• Women’s Alpine Skiing - Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final: Eighteen-year-old American phenom Mikaela Shiffrin makes her Olympic debut in the giant slalom. Julia Mancuso, who won this event in Torino, will also vie for a medal.
• Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Halfpipe Gold Medal Final: The Olympic debut of men’s halfpipe brings an American rivalry to the world stage. David Wise, a 23-year-old married father, and Torin Yater-Wallace, an 18-year-old upstart, have traded off victories at major events recently and should be jostling for the top spot in Sochi.
• Women’s Bobsled: A 2010 Olympic bronze medalist as a brakeman, Elana Meyers is now in the driver’s seat and has positioned herself as a top medal threat in Sochi. The 29-year-old from Georgia, whose father played for the Atlanta Falcons, was offered college scholarships in four different sports but now serves as the unofficial leader of a diverse and athletic women’s bobsled team.
• Women’s Short Track - 3000m Relay Gold Medal Final: Short track’s wild relay race puts 16 skaters on the ice at the same time, as four countries vie for three spots on the podium. Canada, China and South Korea are the top contenders for women’s relay gold.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
• Men’s Speed Skating - 10,000m Gold Medal Final: This event features a redemption opportunity as Dutch star Sven Kramer looks to win the gold medal that would have been his in Vancouver if not for a lane violation resulting from a mistake by his coach.
• Men’s Nordic Combined - Individual K-125 Large Hill Gold Medal Final: Reigning Olympic champion Bill Demong hopes for an encore performance to his historic victory in Vancouver, when he became the first American gold medalist in nordic combined. The U.S. could also have contenders in the steadily improving Fletcher brothers - Bryan and Taylor, a 2010 Olympian. The favorite is likely to be American-born Frenchman Jason Lamy-Chappuis.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
• Women’s Short Track - 1000m: In short track, American Emily Scott, who applied for food stamps before strangers learned of her struggles in a USA Today article and pitched in nearly $50,000 to fund her Olympic dream, will look to advance in the women’s 1000m.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men’s Hockey - Elimination Round: The men’s hockey tournament moves into the elimination round with LIVE coverage as the teams ranked 5th-12th after group play face a do-or-die game to advance to the quarterfinals.
• Men’s Nordic Combined - Individual K-125 Large Hill, Ski Jumping: Reigning Olympic champion Bill Demong hopes for an encore performance to his historic victory in Vancouver, when he became the first American gold medalist in nordic combined. The U.S. could also have contenders in the steadily improving Fletcher brothers - Bryan, and Taylor, a 2010 Olympian. The favorite is likely to be American-born Frenchman Jason Lamy-Chappuis.
• Men’s Nordic Combined - Individual K-125 Large Hill, Cross-Country: Reigning Olympic champion Bill Demong hopes for an encore performance to his historic victory in Vancouver, when he became the first American gold medalist in nordic combined. The U.S. could also have contenders in the steadily improving Fletcher brothers - Bryan,and Taylor, a 2010 Olympian. The favorite is likely to be American-born Frenchman Jason Lamy-Chappuis.
• Men’s Speed Skating - 10,000m Gold Medal Final: This event features LIVE coverage of a redemption opportunity as Dutch star Sven Kramer looks to win the gold medal that would have been his in Vancouver if not for a lane violation resulting from a mistake by his coach.
• Women’s Bobsled: A 2010 Olympic bronze medalist as a brakeman, Elana Meyers is now in the driver’s seat and has positioned herself as a top medal threat in Sochi. The 29-year-old from Georgia, whose father played for the Atlanta Falcons, was offered college scholarships in four different sports but now serves as the unofficial leader of a diverse and athletic women’s bobsled team.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
• Ladies’ Figure Skating - Short Program: The rivalry between 2010 Olympic silver medalist Mao Asada and 2010 Olympic champion Yuna Kim - known as “Queen Yuna” in her home of South Korea - is reignited in Sochi with the ladies’ short program. Ashley Wagner of the United States also plans to make a major push for a medal.
• Men’s Alpine Skiing - Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final: Reigning world champion Ted Ligety skis for gold in his signature event, the giant slalom. Bode Miller, the most decorated skier in U.S. Olympic history, could also contend in this event, in which he won silver in Salt Lake.
• Women’s Bobsled - Gold Medal Final: A 2010 Olympic bronze medalist as a brakeman, Elana Meyers is now in the driver’s seat and has positioned herself as a top medal threat in Sochi. The 29-year-old from Georgia, whose father played for the Atlanta Falcons, was offered college scholarships in four different sports, but now serves as the unofficial leader of a diverse and athletic U.S. team.
• Men’s and Women’s Snowboarding - Parallel Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final: The knockout rounds in snowboarding’s parallel giant slalom events are expected to feature married Russian couple Alena Zavarzina and Vic Wild. Wild, from White Salmon, Washington, competed for the United States before marrying Zavarzina, a native of Siberia and former world champion, in 2011.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
• Women’s Speed Skating - 5000m Gold Medal Final: The 2014 Games will be a victory lap for Germany’s Claudia Pechstein, who made her Olympic debut in 1992. Another medal would give the 41-year-old 10 for her career, tying the all-time Olympic Winter Games women’s record.
• Men’s Cross-Country - Team Sprint Gold Medal Final: The hosts have become serious contenders in this event since earning bronze in Vancouver. Moscow native Nikita Kryukov won both sprint events at the 2013 World Championships and is a favorite in both events again in Sochi. The strongest North American team comes from north of the border, as 2011 world champs Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey could become the first Canadian men to earn cross-country medals.
• Women’s Cross-Country - Team Sprint Gold Medal Final: The U.S. won the 2013 world title in the team sprint, but will have a difficult time fending off the sport’s Scandinavian powers.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
• Biathlon - Mixed Relay Gold Medal Final: This new event for Sochi gives nations the chance to showcase their depth of talent, as men and women team up to win gold.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men’s Hockey - Quarterfinals: The men’s hockey tournament continues with LIVE coverage of the quarterfinals. Team USA is seeking its first medal at an Olympics away from North America since 1972, when it won silver in Sapporo, Japan.
• Men’s and Women’s Snowboarding - Parallel Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final: The knockout rounds in snowboarding’s parallel giant slalom events are expected to feature married Russian couple Alena Zavarzina and Vic Wild. Wild, from White Salmon, Washington, competed for the United States before marrying Zavarzina, a native of Siberia and former world champion, in 2011.
• Ladies’ Figure Skating - Short Program (LIVE): The rivalry between 2010 Olympic silver medalist Mao Asada and 2010 Olympic champion Yuna Kim -known as “Queen Yuna” in her home of South Korea - is reignited in Sochi with the ladies’ short program. Ashley Wagner of the United States also plans to make a major push for a medal.
• Women’s Cross-Country - Team Sprint Gold Medal Final: The U.S. won the 2013 world title in the team sprint, but will have a difficult time fending off the sport’s Scandinavian powers.

MSNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
• Women’s Curling - Semifinal: The U.S. women, led by skip Erika Brown, have a good chance to reach the semifinals, after finishing fourth at the 2013 World Championships. Sweden, Great Britain and Canada are among the top international teams.
• Men’s Curling Semifinal: Reigning world champion Sweden, reigning Olympic champion Canada, Great Britain and Norway - whose showing in Vancouver is better remembered for the team’s bold checkered pants than its silver medal - are all among the gold medal contenders.

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men’s Curling Semifinal: Reigning world champion Sweden, reigning Olympic champion Canada, Great Britain and Norway - whose showing in Vancouver is better remembered for the team’s bold checkered pants than its silver medal - are all among the gold medal contenders.
USA HIGHLIGHTS:
• Women’s Curling - Semifinal (LIVE): The U.S. women, led by skip Erika Brown, have a good chance to reach the semifinals, after finishing fourth at the 2013 World Championships. Sweden, Great Britain and Canada are among the top international teams.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
• Ladies’ Figure Skating - Gold Medal Final: The question of whether reigning Olympic champion Yuna Kim can repeat her Vancouver perfection will be answered with the ladies’ free skate. The 23-year-old, who is a megastar in her home of South Korea, is not planning to simply cruise to victory - Kim describes her tango-themed program as the most complex she’s ever skated, while her main rival, Mao Asada of Japan, will be the only lady in the field attempting the difficult triple Axel. Ashley Wagner of the United States also plans to make a major push for a medal.
• Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Halfpipe Gold Medal Final: The U.S. has a deep team of contenders, led by 19-year-old Maddie Bowman and 20-year-old Devin Logan. Their top competition could come from the 2011 world champion, Canada’s Rosalind Groenewoud.
• Men’s Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross Gold Medal Final: 2013 world bronze medalist John Teller, an auto mechanic from Mammoth Lakes, California, has developed into a contender in this wild, unpredictable event.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
• Women’s Hockey - Gold Medal Final (LIVE): Canada and the United States, the two dominant nations in women’s hockey, are expected to clash again in the gold medal final LIVE on NBC. The two teams have won all four gold medals in Olympic women’s hockey history, with Canada claiming three straight since the U.S. won the inaugural Olympic women’s tournament in 1998.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
• Men’s Nordic Combined - Team K-125 Large Hill Gold Medal Final: After earning a historic silver medal in this event in Vancouver, the U.S. claimed bronze at the 2013 World Championships. Led by Vancouver large hill gold medalist Bill Demong, the Americans cannot be counted out in Sochi.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
• Ladies’ Figure Skating - Gold Medal Final (LIVE): The question of whether reigning Olympic champion Yuna Kim can repeat her Vancouver perfection will be answered with the ladies’ free skate. The 23-year-old, who is a megastar in her home of South Korea, is not planning to cruise to victory - Kim describes her tango-themed program as the most complex she’s ever skated, while her main rival, Mao Asada of Japan, will be the only lady in the field attempting the difficult triple Axel. Ashley Wagner of the United States also plans to make a major push for a medal.
• Men’s Nordic Combined - Team K-125 Large Hill Gold Medal Final (LIVE): After earning a historic silver medal in this event in Vancouver, the U.S. claimed bronze at the 2013 World Championships. Led by Vancouver large hill gold medalist Bill Demong, the Americans cannot be counted out in Sochi.
• Women’s Curling - Bronze Medal Final (LIVE): The U.S. women, led by skip Erika Brown, could become the first U.S. women to claim an Olympic curling medal. Brown’s rink took fourth at the 2013 World Championships.

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS:
• Women’s Curling - Gold Medal Final: The Swedes have won the past two Olympic gold medals, but they will be led by a different skip in Sochi. Thus, the favorite may be Eve Muirhead’s British squad, who won the 2013 world title representing their native Scotland. A talented golfer and bagpiper, the 23-year-old has risen to the top of her sport after collecting four world titles at the junior level.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
• Women’s Alpine Skiing - Women’s Slalom Gold Medal Final: 18-year-old phenom Mikaela Shiffrin, the reigning world and World Cup champion in slalom, takes to the Sochi course for her signature event. She’s bidding to win the first slalom gold for the Americans since 1972.
• Men’s Short Track - 500m and 5000m Relay Gold Medal Finals: Two-time Olympic medalist J.R. Celski, who spent the year after Vancouver Games producing a documentary on Macklemore and the Seattle hip hop scene, could have a chance to skate for two medals on this night. He is the world record holder in the 500m and will anchor the U.S. relay, which is ranked No. 1 in the world.
• Women’s Short Track - 1000m Gold Medal Final: Scot Elise Christie will attempt to win the first short track medal ever by a British woman. She should face a major challenge from 17-year-old South Korean prodigy Shim Suk-Hee and Wang Meng, the reigning champion and most decorated Winter Olympian in Chinese history.
• Men’s Speed Skating - Team Pursuit: The fastest men on skates come together for speed skating’s team pursuits. Three skaters per team race in tandem in head-to-head raceoff rounds as they try to advance to the Gold Medal Final, which will ultimately determine which elite speed skating nation is the best the world.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
• Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross Gold Medal Final: Switzerland’s Fanny Smith is coming off the best season of her young career, winning the 2013 World Championship and World Cup titles. At 21 years old, Smith is likely the favorite, but 37-year-old Ophelie David, the three-time world medalist, may have the necessary experience to navigate this wild, unpredictable event.
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Late Night):
• Women’s Speed Skating - Team Pursuit: The fastest women on skates come together for speed skating’s team pursuits. Three skaters per team race in tandem in head-to-head raceoff rounds as they try to advance to the Gold Medal Final, which will ultimately determine which elite speed skating nation is the best the world.
NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men’s Hockey - Semifinals (LIVE): The men’s hockey tournament continues with LIVE coverage of the semifinals, as the top four teams seek a place in Sunday’s gold medal game. Team USA is seeking its first medal at an Olympics away from North America since 1972, when it won silver in Sapporo, Japan. Meanwhile, host Russia is looking for its first gold since the Unified Team won in 1992, marking the eighth victory in 10 tournaments for the Soviet Union/Unified Team.
• Men’s Curling - Bronze Medal Game (LIVE): Reigning world champion Sweden, reigning Olympic champion Canada, Great Britain and Norway - whose showing in Vancouver is better remembered for the team’s bold checkered pants than its silver medal - are all among the gold medal contenders.
• Women’s Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross Gold Medal Final: Switzerland’s Fanny Smith is coming off the best season of her young career, winning the 2013 World Championship and World Cup titles. At 21 years old, Smith is likely the favorite, but 37-year-old Ophelie David, the three-time world medalist, may have the necessary experience to navigate this wild, unpredictable event.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime):
• Men’s Alpine Skiing - Slalom Gold Medal Final: Torino combined gold medalist Ted Ligety will lead the American effort, while Bode Miller is looking to complete his medal collection with a podium finish in the only alpine skiing event in which he hasn’t won an Olympic medal.
• Four-Man Bobsled - Competition: Reigning Olympic champion Steven Holcomb is back with two new crew members and the latest iteration of the Night Train sled he piloted to victory in Vancouver. The Park City pilot will have to overcome the host nation’s sentimental favorite, 39-year-old Russian Aleksandr Zubkov, whose Olympic career began as a luger in Nagano and includes two medals - but no gold - in bobsled.
• Figure Skating - Gala: The top skaters from the Sochi Games return to the ice for special exhibition performances.
• Men’s Snowboarding - Parallel Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final: Steamboat Springs, Colorado’s Justin Reiter, who briefly retired after narrowly missing making the 2006 and 2010 Olympic teams, is looking to repeat his medal performance from the 2013 World Championships, where he took silver.
• Men’s and Women’s Speed Skating: The fastest men and women on skates come together for speed skating’s team pursuits. The U.S. men look to return to the podium after winning silver in Vancouver, while the women try to win their first Olympic medal in this event.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men’s and Women’s Snowboarding - Parallel Giant Slalom Gold Medal Final: Snowboarding’s parallel slalom event makes its debut at the Games, featuring all the head-to-head match racing of giant slalom with more gates and sharper turns. Steamboat Springs, Colorado’s Justin Reiter, who briefly retired after narrowly missing making the 2006 and 2010 Olympic teams, is looking to repeat his medal performance from the 2013 World Championships, where he took silver.
• Men’s Hockey - Bronze Medal Game: Two of men’s hockey’s top teams vie for the final place on the podium LIVE in the bronze medal game.
• Women’s Cross-Country - 30km Freestyle Gold Medal Final (LIVE): Poland’s Justyna Kowalczyk is the reigning Olympic champion in the women’s most prestigious event, but she will face stiff competition from Norwegian star Marit Bjorgen, who owns seven Olympic medals.

5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Game of the Day: Hockey
NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):
• Men’s Hockey - Gold Medal Final: The last of the 98 gold medals to be determined is in men’s hockey, with LIVE coverage of the gold medal final on NBC. Team USA is looking for its first Olympic gold medal since the Miracle on Ice in 1980, while host Russia is attempting to win Olympic gold for the first time since the Unified Team won in 1992. They may have to contend with defending champion Canada, whom many believe is the deepest team in the tournament.
• Men’s Cross-Country - 50km Freestyle Gold Medal Final: Reigning champion Petter Northug, who participated twice in the World Series of Poker since winning four medals in Vancouver, edged Germany’s Axel Teichmann in Vancouver by a mere 0.3 seconds to win the longest and most prestigious men’s cross-country event. The Norwegian star will be looking to win in Sochi by a more comfortable margin, while a pack of Russian contenders hope to stand atop the podium in one of Sochi’s final events.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:
• Four-Man Bobsled - Gold Medal Final Runs: LIVE coverage as reigning Olympic champion Steven Holcomb takes the track with two new crew members and the latest iteration of the Night Train sled he piloted to victory in Vancouver. The Park City pilot will have to overcome the host nation’s sentimental favorite, 39-year-old Russian Aleksandr Zubkov, whose Olympic career began as a luger in Nagano and includes two medals - but no gold - in bobsled.